Sunderland midfielder Sebastian Larsson believes a lack of confidence in the final third is the cause of the Black Cat's dismal form.
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Martin O'Neill's side have won just one of their last 17 league games and languish in 16th place in the Premier League.
They were knocked out of the Capital One Cup by Championship outfit Middlesbrough and head to an impressive Everton this coming weekend having scored the least goals in the league this season - just six in all.
And while their creative midfielder Larsson admits the Black Cats are short on confidence, he believes they have the quality to pull themselves out of their rut.
"You could see, especially against Villa, once we got into situations where it's time to create stuff, the confidence is not there," the Sweden international told the Sunderland Echo.
"We get a bit tentative and a bit nervous and we end up not creating anything at all.
"That's what the manager has been speaking to us about, to try to play with more freedom and not worry so much.
"That's where we need to get to. We have definitely got the players to create things and score a lot more goals, but we are not doing it at the moment.
"It's one thing talking about it, but we have got to show it on the pitch. Obviously, in the last week with two very disappointing defeats, that's on everyone's mind at the moment.
"We are well aware that we haven't lived up to expectations yet, but hopefully we can turn that around very soon."
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